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The South Pacific Ocean is Currently the World’s Laboratory for the Experiment of Deep Sea Mining.

With over over 1.5 million square kilometres of ocean floor already under exploration leasehold the
world’s first licence to operate a deep sea mine has been granted in Papua New Guinea to Canadian company Nautilus Minerals.
There is a high level of uncertainty about the risks deep seabed mining poses to marine environments and communities.

VICTORY & CONGRATULATIONS! To Kiwis Against Seabed Mining

New Zealand EPA rejects second seabed mining bid

Thanks to the work of Kiwis Against Seabed Mining and their many volunteers the EPA in New Zealand has said no to both TTR's and Chatham Rock Phosphate's applications to seabed mine

Experimental Seabed Mine in PNG Without Consent of the People

Deep Sea Mining campaign

Radio New Zealand International's Dateline program features Deep Sea Mining campaign's communications coordinator, Natalie Lowrey talking about the lack of Free, Prior and Informed Consent in regards to Nautilus Solwara 1.

Experimental Seabed Mining - Coming to a Coastline Near YOU!

New ActNow PNG, BRG and PANG video

New animation highlights the risks of experimental seabed mining for the Pacific region. Governments needs to do the right thing for their people rather than looking after foreign companies who act with impunity.

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LATEST NEWS

Deep Sea Mining: Out of Sight, Out of Mind? State of the Planet March 12, 2014 By Christine Hirt We are all familiar with some of the movements to protect biodiversity on land, but what about biodiversity in the deep sea? There is 10 times more deep sea (up to 4,000-5,000 meter

BBC News Science & Environment 14 March 2014 David Shukman, Science Editor Plans to open the world’s first mine in the deep ocean have moved significantly closer to becoming reality. A Canadian mining company has finalised an agreement with Papua New Guinea to start digging

Papua New Guinea Mine Watch March 13 Photo: Children protest against experimental seabed mining plans in Papua New Guinea Canadian company Nautilus Minerals, has terminated its Solwara 1 financing agreement with the government of Papua New Guinea, but the company still has its

CIA Cover Story Gives Birth to Deep Ocean Mining DC Bureau – Natural Resources News Service March 10th, 2014 By Robert Thomason Resting deep on the seabed of the Pacific are two symbols of oceanic politics, one decaying as time ticks by; the other slowly growing at a pace